Author: Kathleen A. Swann
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738575995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Incorporated in 1741, West Greenwich is the least densely populated and the most heavily forested municipality in Rhode Island. Bountiful timber and streams provided raw materials and power for mills and farms. In West Greenwich, photographs of beautifully rugged landscapes, with people working and enjoying the land, show the spirit of the community. This spirit continues today, with residents' efforts to preserve the town's rural character while transforming into a modern community. Brushes with fame include a World War II flying ace, visits from President Eisenhower and the King of Nepal, a connection to the death of King Charles I, and a James Gang hanging. West Greenwich presents the entwined histories of people and their land, in the historical context of a remote village moving into the 21st century.
West Greenwich
Author: Kathleen A. Swann
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738575995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Incorporated in 1741, West Greenwich is the least densely populated and the most heavily forested municipality in Rhode Island. Bountiful timber and streams provided raw materials and power for mills and farms. In West Greenwich, photographs of beautifully rugged landscapes, with people working and enjoying the land, show the spirit of the community. This spirit continues today, with residents' efforts to preserve the town's rural character while transforming into a modern community. Brushes with fame include a World War II flying ace, visits from President Eisenhower and the King of Nepal, a connection to the death of King Charles I, and a James Gang hanging. West Greenwich presents the entwined histories of people and their land, in the historical context of a remote village moving into the 21st century.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738575995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Incorporated in 1741, West Greenwich is the least densely populated and the most heavily forested municipality in Rhode Island. Bountiful timber and streams provided raw materials and power for mills and farms. In West Greenwich, photographs of beautifully rugged landscapes, with people working and enjoying the land, show the spirit of the community. This spirit continues today, with residents' efforts to preserve the town's rural character while transforming into a modern community. Brushes with fame include a World War II flying ace, visits from President Eisenhower and the King of Nepal, a connection to the death of King Charles I, and a James Gang hanging. West Greenwich presents the entwined histories of people and their land, in the historical context of a remote village moving into the 21st century.
Big River Reservoir Water Resources Development
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Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Languages : en
Pages : 436
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107-2 Field Hearing: Air Quality in New York City After The September 11, 2001 Attacks, S. Hrg. 107-524, Part 1, February 11, 2002, *
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Languages : en
Pages : 1904
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Languages : en
Pages : 1904
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The Narragansett Historical Register
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385351979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 685
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385351979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 685
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Bulletin
Author: Rhode Island. Conservation Commission
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Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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The Rhode Island Register, for the Year 1853 [and 1856]
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Travels in New-England and New-York
Author: Timothy Dwight
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Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Data Book, Operating Banks and Branches
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Category : Bank accounts
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Category : Bank accounts
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Geological Bulletin
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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Food for the Dead
Author: Michael E. Bell
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819571717
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
These stories of vampire legends and gruesome nineteenth-century practices is “a major contribution to the study of New England folk beliefs” (The Boston Globe). For nineteenth-century New Englanders, “vampires” lurked behind tuberculosis. To try to rid their houses and communities from the scourge of the wasting disease, families sometimes relied on folk practices, including exhuming and consuming the bodies of the deceased. Folklorist Michael E. Bell spent twenty years pursuing stories of the vampire in New England. While writers like H.P. Lovecraft, Henry David Thoreau, and Amy Lowell drew on portions of these stories in their writings, Bell brings the actual practices to light for the first time. He shows that the belief in vampires was widespread, and, for some families, lasted well into the twentieth century. With humor, insight, and sympathy, he uncovers story upon story of dying men, women, and children who believed they were food for the dead. “A marvelous book.” —Providence Journal Includes an updated preface covering newly discovered cases.
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819571717
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
These stories of vampire legends and gruesome nineteenth-century practices is “a major contribution to the study of New England folk beliefs” (The Boston Globe). For nineteenth-century New Englanders, “vampires” lurked behind tuberculosis. To try to rid their houses and communities from the scourge of the wasting disease, families sometimes relied on folk practices, including exhuming and consuming the bodies of the deceased. Folklorist Michael E. Bell spent twenty years pursuing stories of the vampire in New England. While writers like H.P. Lovecraft, Henry David Thoreau, and Amy Lowell drew on portions of these stories in their writings, Bell brings the actual practices to light for the first time. He shows that the belief in vampires was widespread, and, for some families, lasted well into the twentieth century. With humor, insight, and sympathy, he uncovers story upon story of dying men, women, and children who believed they were food for the dead. “A marvelous book.” —Providence Journal Includes an updated preface covering newly discovered cases.